Cleaning device.



PATENTED JUNE 25, 19'07.

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W/TNESSES l A TTOH/VEK UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

LEWIS O. HOWELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SANITARY APPLIANCE COMPANY, OF PHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CLEANING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, .1907.

To a/Z whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs O. HOWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the `county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oleaning Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates especially to that class of devices employed for cleaning bathtubs, wash-stand bowls, sinks, etc., and has for its object the provision of a cleaner of such a shape and constructionl as to enable the operator to eiectually remove scum, dirt and any filth adhering to the receptacle, when the water has been drawn therefrom.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists essentially in a cleaner the body whereof is made of compressible material, such as rubber, said body being preferably semi-cylindrical, and having corrugated faces the corrugations on one side being in transverse relation to the series of corrugations on the opposite face; and my invention also involves the combination therewith of certain other novel and useful features of construction, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view, and Fig. 2 a bottom plan view of a cleaner embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view at line a-faf of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference,` wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

1 is the body of the cleaner made of 'soft rubber, or equivalent material, preferably semi-cylindrical in shape, as shown.

2 are corrugations in the outer face of the body in the direction of its width, and 3 are corrugations in the inner face, in the'direction of its length, hence the two series of corrugations are transverse to each other.

4 is a manipulating hand-piece of elastic material, vulcanized to, or otherwise secured to the edges of the body 1.

In use the cleaner is applied to the edge of a bath-tub, or the like, by placing the. hand beneath the piece 4, the same being m the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, and passing the corrugations over the surface to be cleaned. When it is desired to clean the bottom and sides of the tub, theelastic hand-piece is passed over the end of the body to the opposite side, and thus the opposite corrugations may be brought into play. While not absolutely necessary, the hand-piece gives the hand a iirm hold, but the cleaner can be efectually used by manually grasping the body, dispensing with such hand-piece.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A cleaning device of the character specified, consisting of a semi-cylindrical body of compressible material having its exterior face corrugated laterally and its inner face corrugated longitudinally, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEwis o. HOWELL.

Witnesses JOSEPH J. ERvrN, BENJ. STERNFELD. 

